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Page 43
... Eumæus , in Ithaca , describing Syria , or Sycros , one of the Cyclades , where he was born , uses the phrase , § " where ( are ) the turnings of the sun . As at a later period , Pherecydes is said to have erected a heliotrope or gnomon ...
... Eumæus , in Ithaca , describing Syria , or Sycros , one of the Cyclades , where he was born , uses the phrase , § " where ( are ) the turnings of the sun . As at a later period , Pherecydes is said to have erected a heliotrope or gnomon ...
Page 85
... Eumæus tells of him- self , he introduces a woman who had been stolen by the Taphians , and sold to his father.§ She again , * Il . xv . 338-687 . 227. § Od . xv . 425 . + Od . ix . 252 : iii . 70. Od . xiv . being beguiled by some ...
... Eumæus tells of him- self , he introduces a woman who had been stolen by the Taphians , and sold to his father.§ She again , * Il . xv . 338-687 . 227. § Od . xv . 425 . + Od . ix . 252 : iii . 70. Od . xiv . being beguiled by some ...
Page 86
William Bruce. being beguiled by some Phenician merchants , kid- napped Eumæus . This woman was killed by fall- ing down the hatchway into the well of the ship , on her passage , and was thrown overboard to the seals and fishes . Eumæus ...
William Bruce. being beguiled by some Phenician merchants , kid- napped Eumæus . This woman was killed by fall- ing down the hatchway into the well of the ship , on her passage , and was thrown overboard to the seals and fishes . Eumæus ...
Page 91
... Eumæus had driven into the ground many thick stakes of black oak cleft . Within the enclosure were twelve sties , each containing fifty breeding swine : the boats slept at the outside , three hundred and sixty in num . ber , the best of ...
... Eumæus had driven into the ground many thick stakes of black oak cleft . Within the enclosure were twelve sties , each containing fifty breeding swine : the boats slept at the outside , three hundred and sixty in num . ber , the best of ...
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... Eumæus threw away the leather , pelted his dogs with stones , and rescued his unknown master . Nothing , I think , but a foreign language , and our curiosity to read of ancient manners , can prevent us from being disgusted , or at least ...
... Eumæus threw away the leather , pelted his dogs with stones , and rescued his unknown master . Nothing , I think , but a foreign language , and our curiosity to read of ancient manners , can prevent us from being disgusted , or at least ...
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